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October 2024
The Origin of Blues: The Native American Influence
The Tufts Departments of Music and Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies invite you to join DC's queen of the blues, Carly Harvey, for a performance/lecture on the Native American origins of blues music. With a fusion of history and performance, Harvey engages audiences first with Native American melodies, then embarks on a journey of how blues was created, from African American experiences pre- and post-Civil War, how it has evolved over the years, and how it influences modern day music. Free…
Find out more »Royall House Tours Closing Day
Today is the final day of the 2024 tour season for the Royall House & Slave Quarters. The museum offers guided tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday. Admission for guided tours of the mansion is $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors and students. Admission is always free for Royall House & Slave Quarters members, and free for children age 12 and under, EBT or WIC cardholders, Blue Star Families, and Massachusetts Teachers Association members…
Find out more »African Art Lecture Series
The Medford Public Library continues its second Sunday series of online lectures meant as an introduction to African Art, its variety of forms, the depth of its history, and how it became an important player first in Western culture and continues to be important in a global world. Today's session will focus on African Art in the medieval world–1000-1600 CE: The Trans-Saharan trade, Igbo-Ukwu, Ife, Benin, Djenné, Lalibela, and Great Zimbabwe. Register using the link on the library's online calendar.…
Find out more »Salem Witchcraft Trials: What Really Happened?
The Medford Historical Society & Museum presents "The Salem Witchcraft Trials: What Really Happened?" with the Hon. Dennis J. Curran. The Salem Witchcraft trials constitute one of the most mysterious and fascinating events in American history. Discover the “perfect storm” of conditions that culminated in tragic circumstances that have haunted us for centuries. Judge Curran will explode five myths behind the outbreak of allegations of witchcraft in colonial America, examine the villains and heroes involved, and try to determine the…
Find out more »Sarah Bradlee Fulton Day
Looking Back at Medford History Inc., in cooperation with the City of Medford, invites you to the fourth annual Sarah Bradlee Fulton Day in tribute to the American Revolutionary War heroine from Medford. The event will feature a special appearance by President Washington on horseback; Colonial Navy of Massachusetts fifes and drums; fiddlers; the performance of an original play, "Ghostly Appearances," about Revolutionary heroes; a historic walk led by Dee Morris (starting at 10 a.m. at the Salem Street Burying…
Find out more »Abolitionist Practices: Then + Now
Tufts University Art Galleries presents the program "Abolitionist Practices: Then + Now," a panel discussion in conjunction with the current TUAG exhibition, "Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe." Panelists will be Nia Evans, executive director of the Boston Ujima Project; Cierra Michele Peters, director of communications, culture and enfranchisement at the Boston Ujima Project; Dayna Cunningham, dean of the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts; and the artist, Tomashi Jackson. Just as Jackson’s work reckons with the overlooked portions of…
Find out more »The Life of Johnny Cash with Matt York
The Medford Public Library welcomes longtime New England musician/author Matt York to perform the songs of Johnny Cash and tell stories about Cash’s career spanning from the 1950s to his passing in 2003. He’ll discuss Cash’s emergence as a groundbreaking artist, his marriage to June Carter, and many of his other career highlights. In both 2022 and 2023, York was nominated for the Boston Music Award for Best Country Artist, and his album "Gently Used" was named one of Worcester…
Find out more »The Origins and Evolution of Project 2025
Project 2025 has been in the news lately, but for some, it seemed to come out of nowhere. In this online program co-sponsored by the Medford Public Library, join Professor Brian Conley of Suffolk University to delve into the history of this document and its origins during the Reagan years. Edwin Feulner, who led the Heritage Foundation when the book was first written as “Mandate for Leadership,” explains that the idea for such a policy book originated at a 1979…
Find out more »Virtual Author Talk: Even More Haunted Lighthouses of New England
The Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring the program Even More Haunted Lighthouses of New England with Jeremy D’Entremont, president and historian of the American Lighthouse Foundation. Lighthouses and ghost stories often seem to go hand in hand. In previous programs, D’Entremont has discussed the lovelorn spirit known as Ernie at Connecticut’s New London Ledge Light, the piano playing ghost of Maine’s Seguin Light, and the mysterious Woman in White in the Isles of Shoals, among others. This time, who knows what…
Find out more »November 2024
What’s Faith Got to do With It? A Personal History
The Medford Historical Society & Museum presents "What’s Faith Got to do With It? A Walk of Faith, A Curious Mind, and A Courageous Heart: A Personal Look at My Journey to Shiloh Baptist Church” with Pastor Gerald E. Bell. This presentation at the library will focus on the rich 127-year history of Shiloh Baptist Church as a cornerstone institution in the African American community in West Medford, and on the future of this important house of worship in Medford.…
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